5TH AND FINAL POST!!

Hello everybody and welcome to my 5th and final post!! I have been hard at work this week with Charlee, getting more familiar with using all 10 fingers and trying to keep it together. I was able to play "Roller Coaster" but it did take some time and I still feel like my form isn't very good. (You'll see what I mean in the video below). I guess only practicing an hour per week doesn't help, and to be honest I get discouraged very quickly and if I practiced any more then I would probably not be a very pleasant person to be around.LOL. I did however learn a lot more than I initially thought and spending time with Charlee has made us both very proud of each other. She is a great teacher and I was amazed how much she knew and how patient she was with me. I believe she is proud of me too, she has never said it but, she does get happy when I get something right. I enjoyed the time we spent each week and I will miss interupting her TV time on a friday to help me practice. Looking forward in the book I was using I could see a whole bunch of different symbols and weird lingo, as well that the notes stop displaying the letter on them, so you would have to know the note by its postion on the staff. Hahaha I only know that word because I cheated looking ahead. I have to say that it looked very discouraging and I'm glad that I didn't make it that far. I guess what I am trying to say is that I have a whole lot of respect for anybody who can play an instrument. It takes alot of practice, patience and talent. If I could have changed anything about this experience it would probably be to go into each lesson with a more positive attitude, I always saw the pages and songs and immediately thought that it was too hard or impossible to do and it really annoyed Charlee. As the lesson went on I would find that it got easier the more you did it and it would have been better to be positive from the start. When my lesson was finished this week I found a music sheet for Happy Birthday on the internet and I am going to practice on my own without Charlee knowing. I hope to be able to surprise her on her birthday by playing it for her and hoping to sing as well. This will be sure to embarass her in front of her friends and that, my friends is what makes this project all worth it. HAHAHA. I hope that you have all enjoyed my journey and who knows maybe I will continue to practice and learn new songs, even if I dont make it in the music business at least I can have a hobby that I can share with my family. Ciao for now and stay classy!!!